Monday 29 July 2013

Science and Technology in Term 3


As part of out ‘Getting About’ Science and Technology Unit, students will be sketching and designing transport models that they will make in coming weeks.  Students can start bringing in the materials that they will use to make their transport model (labeled sketches will be sent home next week so that suitable materials can be collected).  This is not meant to be an expensive exercise, we are encouraging students to bring in recyclable materials from home.  Items such as rubber bands, paper clips, straws, tissue paper, sticky tape, pop sticks will be made available for students to use from the class.
Please label your child’s materials with their name or initials.

Sunday 28 July 2013

Athletics Carnival Fun!

All students are to be commended on their behaviour, participation and sportsmanship at the Athletics Carnival last week. What a great day!

 



           













Week 3 Term 3 Begins


Spelling Words for Term 3 Week 3

Core Words
saw 
draw
claw
straw
crawl
poor
door
floor
lawn
prawn

Additional Extension Words
paw
jaw
raw
shawl
drawing
drawer

Spelling this week
Letter patterns:
 ~ Digraph 'aw'
 ~ Trigraph 'oor'
Homophones and confusing words:
 ~ paw/poor/pour
 ~ saw/sore
 ~ raw/roar
 ~ there/their/they're

Monday 22 July 2013

Week 2 Term 3 Begins


Spelling Words for Term 3 Week 2

Core Words
babies
ladies
ponies
jellies
puppies
flies
cries
carries
fairies
hurries

Additional Extension Words
tries
fries
daisies
stories
cherries

Spelling Rule this week
When a word ends in a consonant followed by y, change y to i, then add es
baby -> babies
cry -> cries

When a word ends in a vowel followed by y, add s only
day -> days
enjoy -> enjoys
key -> keys


Tuesday 16 July 2013

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to Term 3.    Hope you had a happy and safe break.


Spelling Words for Term 3 Week 1

Core Words
jelly
carry
worry
key
donkey
thief
chief
field
empty
shield

Additional Extension Words
pity
jolly
baby
shady
marry
monkey

Vowels this week
~ 'ie
~ short 'y
Letter patterns
~ 'ey'